ARTICLE: Microsoft plans to make Windows 10, Xbox One game “crossbuys” a habit

Gamers who preorder Remedy’s upcoming Xbox One game Quantum Break will receive a free digital copy for Windows 10 PCs—a “crossbuy” strategy that Microsoft’s Xbox chief plans to make a “platform feature” of the gaming console.

The preorder deal will also include Remedy’s earlier hit Alan Wake, and its sequel, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare—all for free. (You only have from February 11 until April 4 to score the preorder deal, though, as the game launches on April 5.) Gamers who who buy a physical copy of Quantum Break on the day of its release will get the Windows DLC as well as Alan Wake.

Behind the scenes, Microsoft has worked to tie its Windows 10 and Xbox One operating systems closer together, sharing features and data. The Xbox One includes versions of Skype and Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft has said that universal apps written for Windows 10 can theoretically run on the Xbox One, as well as Windows 10 PCs and Windows 10 Mobile phones. Windows 10 PCs also include an Xbox app that allows a PC to remotely control and play Xbox One games.

Eventually, Microsoft envisions a world where PC and Xbox One games will drift between platforms, and where gamers on each platform will be able to compete with one another. In this world, a single game written as a universal app would be playable on the Xbox One, PC, phone, and HoloLens. That world isn’t here yet, as Microsoft is selling you two distinct (but otherwise identical) games, one for each platform... except for this, courtesy of Microsoft's Larry Hyrb:

FAQ: Yes - your @QuantumBreak game save will go back and forth between the Xbox One and Windows 10 version

— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) February 11, 2016

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